Google has announced a big redesign of Google+ that uses a new
dynamic ribbon of applications for navigation, tweaking its social
network, Google Plus, to make it easier to use and to distinguish
it from rival Facebook.

Google Blog says, "More than 170 million people have upgraded to
Google+, enjoying new ways to share in Search, Gmail, YouTube and
lots of other places. It's still early days, and there’s plenty
left to do, but we're more excited than ever to build a seamless
social experience, all across Google."

A critical piece of this social layer is a design that grows
alongside our aspirations. So today we’re introducing a more
functional and flexible version of Google+. We think you’ll find it
easier to use and nicer to look at, but most importantly, it
accelerates our efforts to create a simpler, more beautiful
Google.